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Moon Machines

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First Aired:July 6, 2008

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:6

Status:Ended

Moon Machines in the US and UK is a Science Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting the engineering challenges of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon. It covers everything from the iconic Saturn V to the Command Module, the Lunar Module, the Space Suits, the Guidance and Control Computer, and the Lunar Rover. It was created by the team who made In the Shadow of the Moon in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired in June 2008 and was released on DVD a year later in June 2009.

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Cast

Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Self

Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun

Self

Seasons & Episodes

The Saturn V Rocket

E1The Saturn V Rocket

Jul 6, 2008

The first episode of the series documents the creation of the iconic Saturn V rocket.

The Command Module

E2The Command Module

Jul 6, 2008

The second episode is centered around the construction of the Apollo Command Module and the setback of the Apollo 1 fire.

The Navigation Computer

E3The Navigation Computer

Jul 7, 2008

The third episode details the story of MIT's work on the Apollo Guidance Computer.

The Lunar Module

E4The Lunar Module

Jul 8, 2008

The fourth episode features the Grumman project to build mankind's only true spacecraft - the Lunar Module.

The Space Suit

E5The Space Suit

Jul 9, 2008

The penultimate episode focuses on the teams that created the remarkable Apollo pressure suit.

The Lunar Rover

E6The Lunar Rover

Jul 10, 2008

The series' final episode centers on the design and perfection of the novel Lunar Roving vehicle carried to the Moon on the Apollo J-class missions.

Storyline

Moon Machines in the US and UK is a Science Channel HD documentary miniseries consisting of six episodes documenting the engineering challenges of the Apollo Program to land a man on the Moon. It covers everything from the iconic Saturn V to the Command Module, the Lunar Module, the Space Suits, the Guidance and Control Computer, and the Lunar Rover. It was created by the team who made In the Shadow of the Moon in association with NASA to commemorate the agency's fiftieth anniversary in 2008. It first aired in June 2008 and was released on DVD a year later in June 2009.

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